Joicy Carvalho
Soprano
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Joicy Pereira de Carvalho is a Brazilian lyric coloratura soprano specializing in Bel Canto opera
repertoire, as well as chamber music and Baroque works. She joined the Youth Symphony
Orchestra Choir of the State of Goiás, Brazil, as soprano section leader, and performed as
soloist in Franz Schubert’s Mass No. 2 in G major and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy,
Op. 80 in C minor.
With the Goiânia Symphony Orchestra, she appeared as soloist in major choral-symphonic
works including Handel’s Dixit Dominus and Messiah, and Beethoven’s oratorio Christ on the
Mount of Olives, where she portrayed the Seraph. She has also sung operatic roles such as
Adina in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore and Amal in Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors.
Recent stage appearances include the Fairy Godmother in Viardot’s Cendrillon, and Le Feu
(The Fire) in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges (The Child and the Spells). In Spring 2025, she
made her debut as the Queen of the Night in Mozart’s The Magic Flute in a fully staged
production by BGSU Opera and the BGSU Philharmonia.
She won First Prize in the Young Soloist Competition in Goiânia and was a prizewinner in the
Marjorie Conrad Art Song Competition in both 2024 and 2025. She earned her undergraduate
degree in Vocal Performance from the Universidade Federal de Goiás in Brazil, under the
guidance of soprano Dr. Marília Álvarez. In May 2025, she completed her master’s studies in
Vocal Performance at Bowling Green State University (USA), where she studied with the
renowned Metropolitan Opera soprano Myra Merritt-Grant.